Patrice Dutil (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Public servants at all levels of government have been instructed to review the historical interpretations their departments offer to the public. From small towns like Picton and Wilmot Township (Ont.) to cities like Montreal and Toronto, by way of federal agencies such as the Department of Canadian Heritage, Parks Canada, and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, the public servants have been pressed to offer advice in a tense environment where competing interpretations of history have claimed the public space.
This paper will examine a number of case study and consider the particular model of policy development adopted by the various jurisdictions.